Pads for handles of irons



June 1963 B. E. B. TURNER PADS FOR HANDLES OF moms Filed July 12, 1961 INVENTOR. E/LL/E E a rue/ v52,

ATTOEIVEYS States The present invention is an improvement over pads for handles of irons and is particularly directed to a pad to be detachably mounted around the handle of an iron for being gripped by the user thereof.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide an economically produceable pad which can be quickly and easily mounted around the handle of an iron such as a flat iron or electric iron, and which pad will retain the moisture applied thereto for cooling the hand of the user encircling the same, as well as providing a soft, resilient, comfortable surface for the hand gripping the same.

A further and important object of the invention is to provide a pad which can encircle a cylindrical handle and be attached thereto without presenting any rough or bulging surfaces to the users hand for protecting the hand against friction as well as heat that tends to develop calluses upon the hands of the user as well as tiring the user.

Further objections of the invention will be in part obvious and in part pointed out in the following description of the accompanying drawing wherein:

FIG. 1 is a top, perspective view of the present handle pad.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of said pad taken on line 22 of FIG. 1, and

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the present pad mounted upon an iron.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing wherein like and corresponding parts are designated by similar reference characters, numeral 1 generally indicates a cellulose sponge pad of substantially uniform thickness having straight edges 2 and 3 as well as straight ends 4 and 5 giving the pad a rectangular or square configuration. A tape 6 of material as, for example, that conventionally known as drapery tape, is mounted upon the marginal end portion of said pad adjacent to and parallel with end 4.

Two rows of stitching 8 and 9* extend longitudinally of said tape and through pad 1. Said stitching is drawn tight compressing the thickness of the pad providing a lateral marginal flange 12 at end 4 of said pad. A series of male snap fastener elements 7 are fixedly mounted longitudinally along the length of tape 6. Said compressed end flange 12 provides walls 10 and 11 between the flange I12 and the medial portion of said pad.

A second tape 13 similar to tape 6 is mounted upon the opposite marginal end portion of said pad adjacent to and parallel with end 5 but on a face of said pad opposite to tape 6. Tape 13 has a series of female snap fastener elements fixedly mounted longitudinally therealong with said elements 14 each positioned for receiving one of the elements 1t) when the pad is encircling a handle. Two rows of stitching 15 and 16 extend through said tape 13 and said pad longitudinally of said tape for fixing the tape to the pad. Said stitching is drawn tight atent 3,094,798 Patented June 25, 1963 compressing the marginal end portion of pad 1 providing a second flange 19 of reduced thickness. Walls 17' and 18 extend between said flange 19 and the medial portion of pad '1.

Flanges 12 and 19 each have a thickness equivalent to one third of the thickness of the remaining medial portion of pad :1 and similarly walls 10, 11, -17 and 18 each have a depth equivalent to the thickness of each of said flanges as best seen in FIGURE 2.

To use the present pad, the same is dampened with water which softens the same and makes it flexible whereupon the pad can be wrapped around the handle B of an iron A one time until the tapes 6 and 13 are superimposed whereupon the fasteners 7 are joined with their respective elements 14 as shown in FIG. 3. Whereas a cylindrical handle B is shown in the drawing, it is to be appreciated that the present pad will equally as well fit handles of other configuration due to its flexibility, and the pad can be extended to fit handles of various sizes.

When the pad is mounted upon a handle, end 4 abuts wall 17 while end '5 abuts wall 10, and as said ends 4 and '5 are approximately of the same width as said walls, the pad has a relatively smooth peripheral surface when mounted due to this jointure.

It is further to be appreciated that other fastening elements than 7 and 14 may be equally as well employed. However, by using quick, detachable and attachable elements, the pad can be quickly and easily removed from the handle B, redampened as desired, and replaced thereto or upon other handles.

I claim:

A hand pad for the handles of irons comprising a pad of uniform thickness of cellulose sponge material having a rectangular configuration, a pair of tapes each mounted on an opposite marginal end portion and side :of said pad, one of said tapes having a series of male snap fitting members fixedly mounted thereon along the length thereof, the other of said tapes having a series of female snap fitting members fixedly mounted thereon along the length thereof and each positioned for receiving one of said male snap fitting members when said tapes are su trimposed, stitching connecting said tapes to said pad and compressing said pad marginal end portions to portions of one-third the thickness of the medial portion of said pad between said marginal end portions and providing end walls of said medial portion of said pad on each side of said flanges with each wall being of a depth equivalent to the thickness of each flange whereby said pad can be wrapped around the iron handle one time with said marginal end portions overlapping and fastened together detachably retaining said pad on said iron handle whereby said pad can be removed from the iron handle t rom time to time to absorb water and be replaced thereon.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,637,120 Larson July 26, 1927 2,274,605 l-lolfmeister Feb. 24, 1942 2,466,719 MacKearnin Apr. 12, 1949 2,605,726 Proud et al. Aug. 5, 1952 2,759,278 Fray Aug. 21, 1956 

